Harvey Weinstein has appealed his 2020 sex crimes conviction and asked for a new trial. Weinstein’s legal team has filed a 166-page appeal, reported on by The Wall Street Journal and reviewed by The Independent, claiming that some witnesses were used to “merely [depict] Weinstein as loathsome” during the proceedings.
Weinstein was found guilty in February 2020 of third-degree rape and of a criminal sexual act.
The lawyers also question the jury’s impartiality as well as some of the expert testimony provided during the trial, and seek to get the third-degree rape conviction reversed.
Weinstein faces more charges in California, where proceedings have been delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic.